earthquake

Hello again family historians and blog readers, It’s hard to believe we’re in the second half of 2012 already. Hunting Kiwis has now been going for nearly 2 years (October 2010) and boy does my camera know it, with almost 2,000 headstones photographed and recorded. Eleven cemeteries have been completed and six are in progress. … Continue reading →

Prompted by an enquiry from a blog reader about the condition of his ancestors’ headstone in Ellesmere Public Cemetery, I decided to find out the extent of the damage at that site. A friend, who lives near the cemetery, kindly offered to pop in for me to locate the the headstone, and to ascertain the … Continue reading →

We’re still here and we’re still out there recording Canterbury’s cemeteries! The cute wee cemetery in the grounds of St George’s church in Kirwee has been photographed and added to the Hunting Kiwis blog. Dominant families in this cemetery are FRIZZELL, KELLY, AND ROPER. We have a lot of work in progress including Darfield Catholic … Continue reading →

My family and friends are safe. Our thoughts are with those in our beautiful city of Christchurch, which has been devastated by a 6.3 aftershock from the 7.1 Darfield earthquake that motivated me to start this project. Kia Kaha Christchurch (“stay strong”). All donations for gravestone images continue to be directed to the churches … Continue reading →

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